Rudra

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The Pathless Path to the Knowable Unknown 00:00 Tools
Twilight of Duality 00:00 Tools
Ravens of Paradise 00:00 Tools
Ananya Chaitanya 00:00 Tools
Hymns From the Blazing Chariot 00:00 Tools
Bhagavatpada Namaskara 00:00 Tools
Veil of Maya 00:00 Tools
Advaitamrta 00:00 Tools
There the Sun Never Shines 00:00 Tools
Ageless Consciousness, I Am 00:00 Tools
Amrtasyaputra 00:00 Tools
Aham Brahmasmi 00:00 Tools
Meditations on the Mahavakya 00:00 Tools
Meditations At Dawn 00:00 Tools
Shivoham 00:00 Tools
Immortality Roars 00:00 Tools
In the Fourth Quarter - Turiya 00:00 Tools
Natural Born Ignorance 00:00 Tools
Aryaputra 00:00 Tools
Reversing the Currents 00:00 Tools
Venerable Opposites 00:00 Tools
Illusory Enlightenment 00:00 Tools
Avidya Nivrtti 00:00 Tools
Not the Seen But the Seer 00:00 Tools
Majestic Ashtavakra 00:00 Tools
Hymns to Thee 00:00 Tools
Adiguru Namastubhyam 00:00 Tools
Now, Therefore... 00:00 Tools
Anantarupa 00:00 Tools
Ravenous Theories Of Deception 00:00 Tools
Rudrapatni 00:00 Tools
Vultures Of Slavery 00:00 Tools
Malevolent Creed 00:00 Tools
Incredulous Void 00:00 Tools
Justified Aggression 00:00 Tools
Sad But True 00:00 Tools
Sinister Devotion 00:00 Tools
Manifesto of the Demented 00:00 Tools
Atmavichara 00:00 Tools
Embryonic Theologies 00:00 Tools
Harrowing Carrions Of Syllogism 00:00 Tools
Apostasy 00:00 Tools
Supposed Sages Of Sensuality 00:00 Tools
God of Delusion 00:00 Tools
Hymns Of The Immortal Self 00:00 Tools
I 00:00 Tools
Advaita Samrajya 00:00 Tools
Mithya 00:00 Tools
Absolute One 00:00 Tools
Asura Mardhini 00:00 Tools
Negate 00:00 Tools
Temple of Nothingness 00:00 Tools
In the Vision of the Blind 00:00 Tools
Obeisance 00:00 Tools
Burnt At the Stakes 00:00 Tools
Amen 00:00 Tools
Ye Immortal One 00:00 Tools
Highlands of Tranquility 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
The Ancient One 00:00 Tools
Bliss Divine 00:00 Tools
Abating the Firebrand 00:00 Tools
My Soul Is Marching On 00:00 Tools
Black 00:00 Tools
Mahamaya 00:00 Tools
Wareligion 00:00 Tools
Death 00:00 Tools
Atman 00:00 Tools
Sin 00:00 Tools
For the Dying 00:00 Tools
Homage to the Seers 00:00 Tools
Untitled 00:00 Tools
Slay the Demons of Duality 00:00 Tools
Manipulation 00:00 Tools
Assault 00:00 Tools
Outro 00:00 Tools
Abduction 00:00 Tools
Heartbroken 00:00 Tools
Ananda (Demo Version) 00:00 Tools
Ancient Fourth 00:00 Tools
Perception Apparent 00:00 Tools
No War (Demo Version) 00:00 Tools
Acosmic Self 00:00 Tools
Resolution 00:00 Tools
Root of Misapprehension 00:00 Tools
Seer of All 00:00 Tools
Forgotten Past 00:00 Tools
Ananda 00:00 Tools
No War 00:00 Tools
Hermit in Nididhyasana 00:00 Tools
Now, Therefore.... 00:00 Tools
Dwelling in the Unknown 00:00 Tools
Necrophilia 00:00 Tools
Heartbreak 00:00 Tools
Fake Elimination 00:00 Tools
Malediction 00:00 Tools
Resolve 00:00 Tools
[Untitled] 00:00 Tools
Hermit In Nididhyāsana 00:00 Tools
03.Abduction 00:00 Tools
08 Amen 00:00 Tools
The Atman 00:00 Tools
Epitaph 00:00 Tools
15 Outro 00:00 Tools
14 I 00:00 Tools
The Ancient One Reprise 00:00 Tools
Forever Evil 00:00 Tools
Justified Aggression (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
The End 00:00 Tools
Anger 00:00 Tools
Now, Therefore...... 00:00 Tools
Armageddon 1 00:00 Tools
Armageddon 2 00:00 Tools
Apostasy (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
God of Delusion (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Now, Therefore… 00:00 Tools
Now Therefore 00:00 Tools
Absolute One (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Innocuous 00:00 Tools
Negate (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
The Pathless Path... 00:00 Tools
Asura Mardhini (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Aryaputra (live) 00:00 Tools
Temple of Nothingness (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Necrophilia 1 00:00 Tools
Malediction 1 00:00 Tools
Pathless path to the knowable unknown 00:00 Tools
Now, Therefore 00:00 Tools
In the Vision of the Blind (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Mithya (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Pleasure of the Grave 00:00 Tools
Hiding Behind Shadows 00:00 Tools
Malediction 2 00:00 Tools
Necrophilia 2 00:00 Tools
Dark Matter (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Primordial I - The Pathless Path To The Knowable Unknown (5:13) 00:00 Tools
Harmonic Emotions 00:00 Tools
Murder Suicide 00:00 Tools
Ye Immortal One (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Rudra 00:00 Tools
Inside Out (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Hymns from the Blazing Chariot - Official 00:00 Tools
Highlands of Tranquility (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
meditations of the mahavakya 00:00 Tools
RTA - Manipulation (9:51) 00:00 Tools
RTA - Abduction (9:49) 00:00 Tools
Tom Eats Jerry - Original Mix 00:00 Tools
Positive (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Intro / Aryaputra 00:00 Tools
In the Fourth Quarter Turiya 00:00 Tools
[1998 Rudra] - 01. Obeisance 00:00 Tools
No War (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Enemy Of Duality - Root Of Misapprehension (5:27) 00:00 Tools
RTA - Resolution (10:43) 00:00 Tools
Hymns From The Blazing Chario 00:00 Tools
RTA - Death (8:48) 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Transcendental I - Hymns From The Blazing Chariot (6:54) 00:00 Tools
Forever Evil (Bonus) 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Immortal I - Vultures Of Slavery (4:50) 00:00 Tools
RTA - Assault (12:34) 00:00 Tools
Hymns from the Blazing Chariot - Official (HD) 00:00 Tools
RTA - Heartbreak (11:00) 00:00 Tools
God of Delusion II 00:00 Tools
Anantharupa 00:00 Tools
Aryaputra Live 2004 cd / Aryaputra Live 2004 cd 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Immortal I - Hymns Of The Immortal Self (5:05) 00:00 Tools
[1998 Rudra] - 09. Sin 00:00 Tools
Aryaputra (Bonus Live) 00:00 Tools
Aryan Crusade, The - Rudrapatni (5:29) 00:00 Tools
The Pathless Path to the Knowable Unknown / Apostasy 00:00 Tools
[1998 Rudra] - 03. Black 00:00 Tools
Equimanthorn 00:00 Tools
01 - Justified Aggression 00:00 Tools
I / Outro 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Primordial I - Ageless Consciousness, I Am (5:01) 00:00 Tools
11 - Asura Mardhini 00:00 Tools
06 - Mithya 00:00 Tools
Enemy Of Duality - Abating The Firebrand (6:18) 00:00 Tools
Ashtavakra Gita 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Immortal I - Sinister Devotion (6:45) 00:00 Tools
Enemy Of Duality - Acosmic Self (5:11) 00:00 Tools
Enemy Of Duality - Slay The Demons Of Duality (4:43) 00:00 Tools
Mass Hypnosis 00:00 Tools
Discotheque (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Flawsome (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Pull the Plug 00:00 Tools
[1998 Rudra] - 04. Mahamaya 00:00 Tools
Call It Anything (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Forgotten Past (Death Cover) 00:00 Tools
[1998 Rudra] - 07. Wareligion 00:00 Tools
The Aryan Crusade 00:00 Tools
Rudra/Past, The - No War (2:20) 00:00 Tools
02 - Apostacy 00:00 Tools
Aryan Crusade, The - Crucifixation (Death Cover) (Bonus Track) (3:49) 00:00 Tools
07 - In The Vision Of The Blind 00:00 Tools
03 - God Of Delusion 00:00 Tools
05 - Negate 00:00 Tools
Rudra - Forgotten Past 00:00 Tools
Enemy Of Duality - Hermit In Nididhyasana (6:39) 00:00 Tools
Enemy Of Duality - Ancient Fourth (9:23) 00:00 Tools
[1998 Rudra] - 02. Bliss Divine 00:00 Tools
Call It Anything - Original Mix 00:00 Tools
Aryan Crusade, The - Atmavichara (4:43) 00:00 Tools
For The Dyingg 00:00 Tools
Rude Raw (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Dark Matter - Original Mix 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Immortal I - Embryonic Theologies (4:16) 00:00 Tools
Aryan Crusade, The - Intro / Aryaputra (5:22) 00:00 Tools
Aryan Crusade, The - I / Outro (6:58) 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Transcendental I - Avidya Nivrtti (4:45) 00:00 Tools
Dwelling in the Unknown (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Brahmavidya: Immortal I - Supposed Sages Of Sensuality (3:57) 00:00 Tools
08 - Temple Of Nothingness 00:00 Tools
04 - Absolute One 00:00 Tools
09 - Highlands Of Tranquility 00:00 Tools
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Rudra is a Singaporean band which was formed in 1992, and plays a style of black metal-influenced death metal with interpolations and extended passages of traditional Carnatic music. Additionally, the lyrical content is derived from Sanskrit Vedic literature and philosophy with some songs incorporating ancient mantras (shlokas) into their song structures. The band describes this style as Vedic metal. Rudra was formed in mid-1992 as a trio, then made up of Kathir (bass, vocals), Shiva (drums) and Bala (guitar). It was then known as Rudhra. A fourth member, Selvam, was recruited to supplement Bala on guitar. With this line-up they released a 4-track demo, The Past, in 1994. Prior to this release, Rudhra was also featured in a few underground death metal compilation albums with Singaporean underground metal bands. In early 1996, the band had a hiatus and the members were involved in separate bands. Towards the end of 1996, Kathir decided to resurrect Rudhra with a slight alteration to its name; thus Rudra (the most common English transliteration for the Sanskrit word) was born. Kathir teamed up with Shiva and started work in the studio, soon to be joined by Bala and Alvin Chua to complete the line up before recording the self-titled debut album in late 1997, which was released in June 1998. The band played a couple of gigs and also starting work on new material. The band replaced its two guitarists with Selvam (ex-member) and Kannan in January 2000. With that line-up Rudra released its second album, The Aryan Crusade, in September 2001. In January 2002, Big O magazine[1] named this album as one of the top 40 albums of the year. In July 2003, Rudra released a third album, named after the battlefield featured in the Indian epic the Mahabharata, Kurukshetra. After touring in Singapore, India, Indonesia and Thailand, Rudra released Brahmavidya: Primordial I, in April 2005. Brahmavidya: Primordial I represents a slight shift in the band's sound as it exhibits more black metal influences than the previous albums and presents a denser recording that showcases the band's progressive move into more dynamic leads, complex bass-lines, and tighter, faster drumming with a bigger emphasis on blast beats. With this release, Rudra toured the USA in January 2007. In 2008, Kannan was replaced by Devan. In 2009, Rudra released Brahmavidya: Transcendental I as the second chapter in the Brahmavidya trilogy. They have collaborated with Singapore director Jacen Tan on the music video for Hymns from the Blazing Chariot. In 2009, the band went through another line up change with Vinod replacing longtime member Selvam. In August 2010, Rudra headlined the first day of Baybeats, an annual 3-day alternative music festival, held in Singapore. This was probably one of the rarest moments in history where an Extreme Metal band headlines a non-metal music festival. The band has also invited the interest of musicologists and research papers have been published about both Vedic Metal and the band. In November 2011, Rudra announced that they will be closing the 2011 Brahmavidya Tour by headlining the Strawberry Fields Rock Fest @ Bangalore, India. It has been more than 7 years since the band last played Bangalore. In July 2011, Devan left the band to focus on his personal life. Subash joined the band officially in January 2012 to replace Devan. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.